October 2004

28-Oct-2004 5:00p - Out of cash

Had a very lazy weekend - lots of sleeping and lots of watching Futurama episodes. Went to ARQ on sunday, and kinda feel like going to a rave now.. its been a while since the last one (rave back in time at liverpool). Its thursday now and i'm about to go to Mums for my weekly healthy meal :-)

Due to unforseen circumstances I have no cash for a while... time to live on credit :-). I think I better wait a bit before I buy that Mountain bike and new rollerblades!

Lots of weird things are happening - at work, with Jules/Trevor, and not to forget the Ben/Carmen collective. BTW - dont forget daylight savings this weekend!!! I must try to remember!

In other news... my Santos shares went up 5% today so i'm happy :-).

Oh and i've scanned about 75% of the photos in my photo-scanning project.. so there should be some on this site in the not-too-distant future.

Anyway, I keep finding that I cant say too much on a weblog that everyone has access to! Maybe I will need to create a password protected UNCENSORED version - it would be a lot more interesting to read!

18-Oct-2004 12:00p - Weekend over

Back at work this Monday.. only had 3 hours sleep last night! Feeling perfectly fine tho.. must be the couple of hours sleep I had yesterday arvo (thank god for that!).

Went out clubbing last night with Jules after having coffee with him and Ben where this annoying crazy lady kept asking around if anyone had seen some guy at a table because he had bought her a drink.. over and over and over again. Ahhh.. the city crazies, gotta love em.. wouldnt be the same without em! It was raining last night so got a bit wet. Went to ARQ where me and Jules went upstairs before anyone turned up and danced like crazy ravers with noone around.. was pretty fun, until it got PACKED with people. Cant wait until the smoking ban comes in.. only 3 years to wait! :-)

At work I have been given a new project - its a different product related to the first. I have been working on the same product for 3 years now so this will be a good change of scenery. I got a thick spec document which is a rarity, so should be a lot clearer than usual!

Looking forward to The Biggest CitySkate Ever in November... better prepare my old and decaying rollerblades (or buy some new ones!).

15-Oct-2004 11:55a - work.raymonscott.com

In the last few days I have created work.raymonscott.com. Alternatively, just click the 'work' link at the top of the page. This new section will include all things work related. I have put up some info about most of the developers at work and some table tennis stats :-)

The photos section is still not done yet. This is because the photo project has now turned into something bigger. I am currently scanning every single photo I (and my mum) has that is related to me in some way, and will have my own digital copy of all photos. I will then select a few to put up on the website (I only have 10MB webspace). I'm about 50% finished in scanning of the photos and expect to be totally finished in 2 or 3 weeks time - so stay tuned.

I have some other sections of the website in mind, but we'll see if I get time to do them. I would like to get a 'dirty dwarves' and 'scene characters' page up at some point in future, but i'm going to have to practise my drawing skills! So many ideas, not enough time!!

In other news, I'm selling my Netgear wireless Adapter (NIC card) for $50 (take a look on the right).

The weather has suddenly gotten hotter and I have discovered I have hardly any summer clothes... so I'll spend a bit of the weekend looking around for some shorts and other bits and pieces - I need to get a mountain bike too... but I keep putting it off!

In the work table tennis tournament I have been totally wiped out :-). 4-nil, 4-nil, 4-1. And that one set win was just because the other team was being easy on us. Doh! Monzur, the most improved player of the tournament, has moved into the semi finals to everyones surprise!

Saw Nick Salzberg on wednesday night on Oxford st as I was buying an ice-cream (it was extremely hot on wednesday). I wonder if he is still doing all that protesting stuff. I'm sure there would be great viewing entertainment if we got him and Pete from work together to debate! I'd love to see that!!

12-Oct-2004 12:00p - Weekend Over, Table Tennis Begins

Already Tuesday... had a pretty average weekend. Went to dinner at 'Twelve' in Newtown for the first time on friday night with Jules, Ben, Heath, Laura, Jenny Woo, and Matina. Had some pizza which was nice but pretty expensive for what it was. Went for coffee later and out to a bar with Jules and watched lots of extreme dancing from my favourite dancer EGD :-). After hanging around for a few hours, within the last 5 minutes we got hassled by 3 different annoying people - all separately. We thought it was time to leave! Walked outside and it was daylight! Was quite surprised.. didnt realise how long we had stayed there, and I didnt feel tired at all.

Saturday and Sunday hung out with Jules/Trevor a lot and Ben for a bit. Explored the new (well sort of) shopping centre at Bondi Junction, and found a cool shop selling glass cubes which you can have your own face embedded into it in 3D!! Amazing!

Watched the election results with interest particularly since my boss was a candidate running in the Bennelong seat, and I have a lot to gain/lose on the outcome! My boss didnt fare too well, but due to the coalition getting a great result in both houses my Telstra shares rocketed up on Monday morning :-). It was a good day on the stock market - made almost a grand in a day!

I'm back at work today, and this week is the office's Table Tennis Tournament 2004 (yes, we are all geeks). Unfortunately I have played 2 out of 3 matches in the first round and lost both of them in a miserable failure (4-nil, 4-nil). Hmm... maybe i'm not as much of a geek as I thought after all. I still have a chance at making the next round, but very unlikely! And yes Monzur - you beat me and I am hopeless :-)

7-Oct-2004 9:59a - Total Compatibility!

No, i'm not talking about internet dating! My website is now totally compatible with Firefox after many requests to support the non-Microsoft world. I'll try to make sure it stays compatible with both IE and Firefox from now on. Happy Minh? Andrew? :-)

And I dedicate this weblog entry to Monzur who needs something to read this morning and wants me to write something. For those who dont know, Monzur is the ultimate table tennis and five-ten-king cards champion.

The election is coming up this weekend, and my boss is running for the Bennelong seat (the seat John Howard currently controls). Should be interesting.

5-Oct-2004 9:50a - Relaxed

Feeling quite refreshed after the long weekend today. Had lots of sleep.

Hung out with friends on friday, saturday, sunday and monday nights! And saw a whole lot of crazy bulldog supporters driving all over the city before and after the footy game on sunday. Had lots of coffee and saw lots of crazy homeless people, and waved to lots of asian tourists on buses :-)

Finally saw Lord of the Rings - Return of the King... which I thought was a great movie. All 3 movies are awesome. Also played a bit of Sim City 4 - not a bad game, but not that different from previous versions of Sim City.

Jules and Trevor came around on Saturday (I think it was saturday?) and Jules and I played Tetris Attack yet again, while Trevor looked completely excited (NOT!). Cristan came over Monday arvo for a bit. He is doing his PhD now.. it will be funny when he is a 'Doctor'. I have a Science degree so I guess that makes me a 'Scientist' :-). I have the hair for it.. (when its not flattened out with the mousse!)

Then went out with Ben, Heath and Julian for the usual coffee thing.

Back to work today, and its a 4 day working week! yeah!! Time to eat some chocolate... Adios!

1-Oct-2004 9:27a - Almost the long weekend!

Today is friday, and I cant wait until the long weekend begins. Its raining outside and I got a bit wet on the way to work.. I need a new umbrella! I recently got Sim City 4, and I'm dying to play it - so I should have heaps of time this weekend to give it a go! yeah!! I also got a whole lot of Black Adder shows on DVD, so I'll never be bored at home again!

I have been on a bit of an eating binge the last week, but I'm going to stop that starting today. Went to mums last night and had lots of chicken, ice cream and other goodies :-)

Another new section I am going to add to this website is a work section. This will have photos of the guys at work - working, playing table tennis.. whatever.. and anything else I can be bothered putting up!